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Current Selection
YOU SHALL KNOW
OUR VELOCITY
Dave Eggers

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Other Selections
(in no particular order)

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The Middle Stories
Sheila Heiti

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I.
Stephen Dixon

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SUPERBAD
Ben Greenman

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THE NEAL POLLACK
ANTHOLOGY of
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Neal Pollack

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SAMUEL JOHNSON IS
INDIGNANT
Lydia Davis

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THE NEW SINS
David Byrne

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THE PHARMACIST'S MATE
Amy Fusselman

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THIS SHAPE WE'RE IN
Jonathan Lethem

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LEMON
Lawrence Krauser

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A HEARTBREAKING WORK of
STAGGERING GENIUS
Dave Eggers

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McSWEENEY'S #9
McSWEENEY'S #8
McSWEENEY'S #7
McSWEENEY'S #6

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You Shall Know Our Velocity

Tuesday evening
December 3, 2002
7:30 to 9:00
Joseph-Beth Cafe

details here

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This month, McSweeney's will publish The Middle Stories, a collection of tales by Canadian author Sheila Heti. She will be touring in support of the book with the first ever US Trampoline Hall Tour. They will make a stop in Louisville on November 22. Buy the book, see the tour, enjoy yourself.

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We'll meet in the restaurant, so look for the folks at the really fun table. Pick up a copy of You Shall Know Our Velocity (the current selection), bring a friend, and join us for a fun-filled discussion. Pick up a copy of McSweeney's 9 too -- it is very very good and may be a future reading group selection.

Mention the McSweeney's Reading Group when buying this book from Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, and receive a 10% discount!

We still promote a "the more, the merrier" approach to reading group meetings. Friends, acquaintances, coworkers and benignly interesting-looking strangers one encounters here and there are always welcome. Drop us a note if you want to be added to the mailing list or if you have questions about the reading group.

It was wonderful!
Thanks to everyone at Joseph-Beth for hosting a tremendous event (and sharing the photos).

Did you attend? Share an opinion or story related to the event!

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Just in time for holiday giving (and receiving): This winter McSweeney's will offer a special cellophane-wrapped Issue 1-3 Gift Set !

McSweeney's 10 will be guest edited by Michael Chabon. We like him: he has an interesting web site plus a passion for both comics and Nabokov (not to mention a Pulitzer).

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Does great literature have to be difficult? Ben Greenman talks with Jonathan Franzen about whether a novel's difficulty is related to it's quality as literature.

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